Quick sketch...

Silver Medal

Great news! I was notified that my illustration was awarded the Silver Medal at the Richmond Illustrators juried show. I'd like to say thanks to the jury, and congratulations to the other winners: Richie Pope, Leslie Herman and Steve Hughes

Richmond wrote: "It's time to announce THE WINNERS! Congratulations to everyone -- we are thrilled to announce the winners, as chosen by our esteemed panel of jurors... FIRST PLACE - Richie Pope of VA SECOND PLACE - Wouter Tulp Illustrator of the Netherlands THIRD PLACE - Leslie Herman of VA PHILIP B MEGGS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN - Steve Hughes of MI" 

Sketch video

I've been receiving some requests to do another sketch video, so... here it is. Enjoy!

Life drawings

We had a double model at yesterdays life drawing session. Within the same amount of time, 5 or 10 minute poses, as we normally draw one model, one becomes extra focused and concentrated. The models were very expressive. Great session!

The eye of the beholder...

I had some spare time in between jobs, so I decided to do this autobiographical illustration.
I don't live in the mountains, or the woods...When I go out, I see the port of Rotterdam... Often you can see me sitting between containers and factory's doing pleain air paintings. The good thing is: Light and color are everywhere, so when I go out with my sketchbook, I can call any place my home.

Book cover

This is a book cover illustration I just finished for Barbara Elses book: 'The travelling restaurant'

Three works accepted in RIC competition

I am happy to announce that three of my illustrations have been accepted in the Richmond Illustrators club 5th Juried show.

A full color catalog of the show will be available at the opening of the show: The show opens June 1st from 7-10pm at Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond, VA, and runs until June 30th. There will also be a preview opening Thursday, May 31th from 6-8pm. June 1st is Richmond's First Friday Gallery Walk, a city-wide, monthly event where many galleries open new exhibitions at the same time.  It draws thousands of people and is a great time to display artwork. You can read more about Ghostprint at www.ghostprintgallery.com and more about First Friday at www.firstfridaysrichmond.com/index.html. See the section "Openings and Events" below for notes on scheduling.

http://richmondillustrators.com

ExpressionISM

I was asked to participate in http://ismcommunity.org 's 10 year anniversary exhibition. Here's my entry based on the -ISM: expressionism.

Breaking up...

Water based oils

Experimenting with water based oil paints in between commissioned jobs...

Book cover, from sketch to final.

 

This is a book cover illustration for Jennifer Peersmann's new book. I started with some thumbnailsketches, resulting in the asic laout sketch above. I inked the sketch . Then I experimented with some color concepts, and finally used the basic idea of the color sketch in the final illustration.

The end is near!!!

Today's warmup sketch...

Meeeh

Sheep sketches...

Libris inspiratiedag

Here's a picture taken on april 2nd at the Libris inspiratiedag. My illustration for Kathryn Littlewood's book : The Bliss bakery was used to decorate the room.

Esperanza Spalding

Digital sketch of Esperanza Spalding.